Historical Events In July - 14

1951  The first color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) on this day in history.   

1951  On July - 14 "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances   

1951  On this day in history sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies   

1952  SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward) on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history the first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver   

1953  On July - 14 1st Natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver   

1954  On July - 14 117ø F (47ø C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)   

1954  On July - 14 118ø F (48ø C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record)   

1954  117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record) on July - 14.   

1954  On this day in history jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87   

1955  On this day in history 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England   

1956  Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 on July - 14.   

1956  On this day in history jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58   

1957  Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 on July - 14.   

1958  On this day in history iraq becomes a republic after the assassination of King Faisal   

1958  On this day in history iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty   

1958  On July - 14 iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists   

1958  King Faisal II PM of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad on this day in history.   

1958  General Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq on July - 14.   

1958  Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered on July - 14.   

1959  The first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass on July - 14.   

1959  On this day in history 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass   

1959  On this day in history grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79   

1960  Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300 on July - 14.   

1960  On July - 14 barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament   

1961  Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 on July - 14.   

1962  Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished on July - 14.   

1965  US Mariner IV, first Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km) on this day in history.   

1965  Adlai Stevenson, US amb to UN/pres candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history in Chicago, Illinois, eight student nurses were killed in what was called the"crime of the century." Gloria Davy, Patricia Matusek, Nina Schmale, Pamela Wilkening, Suzanne Farris, Mary Ann Jordan, Merlita Gargullo, and Valentina Paison--all nursing students at the South Chicago Community Hospital--were strangled or stabbed to death by Richard Spec   

1966  Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory on July - 14.   

1967  Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing on July - 14.   

1968  On this day in history brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick   

1968  On July - 14 westbrook Van Voorhis announcer (March of Time), dies at 64   

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1454  On this day in history birth of poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494)   

1486  On this day in history birth of andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets)   

1602  Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61) was born on this day in history.   

1608  On July - 14 birth of george Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)   

1610  Ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane was born on July - 14.   

1610  Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719) was born on July - 14.   

1671  Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732) was born on July - 14.   

0664  On this day in history death of deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury   

0937  Death of Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria on July - 14.   

1223  Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1298  On July - 14 jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies   

1575  On this day in history death of richard Taverner, English Bible translator   

1614  On July - 14 camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64   

1671  Death of Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599) on this day in history.   

1711  On this day in history death of johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23